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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>ISAIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 44
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The Lord’s Spirit shall be poured out on the seed of Israel—Idols of wood are as fuel for a fire—The Lord shall gather, bless, and redeem Israel, and rebuild Jerusalem.
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Yet</span> now hear, O Jacob my <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 44: 21; Isa. 45: 4; 1 Ne. 20: 20.">servant</a>; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> that made thee, and <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 49: 5; Jer. 1: 5.">formed</a> thee from the womb, <i>which</i> will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 33: 26.">Jesurun</a>, whom I have chosen.
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For I will pour water upon <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/3a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR that which is thirsty.">him</a> that is <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 50 (50-51).">thirsty</a>, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/44/3c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 36: 27 (26-27); Acts 2: 17.">spirit</a> upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
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And they shall spring up <i>as</i> among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
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One shall say, I <i>am</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Conversion; TG Israel, Mission of."><span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span></a>‘s; and another shall call <i>himself</i> by the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Abr. 2: 10 (9-10).">name</a> of Jacob; and another shall subscribe <i>with</i> his hand unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and surname <i>himself</i> by the name of Israel.
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Kingdom of God, in Heaven.">King</a> of Israel, and his redeemer the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; I <i>am</i> the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/6b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Jehovah.">first</a>, and I <i>am</i> the last; and beside me <i>there is</i> no God.
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And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people?  and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 41: 10.">Fear</a> ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared <i>it?</i>  ye <i>are</i> even my witnesses.  Is there a God beside me?  yea, <i>there is</i> no <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 45: 5 (5-22); Isa. 46: 9; 2 Ne. 6: 7; 3 Ne. 24: 6; Moses 1: 6.">God</a>; I know not <i>any.</i>
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&#182; They that make a graven <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 41: 29 (24, 29); 3 Ne. 21: 17 (17-19); D&C 1: 16.">image</a> <i>are</i> all of them vanity; and their <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/9b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB beloved things; i.e. their idols.">delectable</a> things shall not profit; and they <i>are</i> their own witnesses; they <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/44/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ps. 115: 5 (5, 8).">see</a> not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
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Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hab. 2: 18.">image</a> <i>that</i> is profitable for nothing?
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Behold, all his <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/11a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE the fellow-worshippers of idols.">fellows</a> shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they <i>are</i> of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; <i>yet</i> they shall fear, <i>and</i> they shall be ashamed together.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 40: 19 (19-20); Jer. 10: 3 (3-5).">smith</a> with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
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The carpenter stretcheth out <i>his</i> rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
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He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish <i>it.</i>
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Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth <i>it,</i> and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth <i>it;</i> he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
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He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth <i>himself,</i> and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
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And the residue thereof he maketh a god, <i>even</i> his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth <i>it, </i>and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou <i>art</i> my god.
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They have not <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 45: 20.">known</a> nor understood: for he hath <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/18b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jacob 4: 14.">shut</a> their eyes, that they cannot see; <i>and</i> their <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/44/18c" mark="c" type="A" title="3 Ne. 19: 33.">hearts</a>, that they cannot understand.
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And none considereth in his heart, neither <i>is there</i> knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten <i>it:</i> and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination?  shall I fall down to the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Superstitions.">stock</a> of a tree?
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He feedeth on ashes: a <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 4: 12; Rom. 1: 21.">deceived</a> heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, <i>Is there</i> not a <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 144: 8.">lie</a> in my right hand?
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&#182; Remember <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/21a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE these things.">these</a>, O Jacob and Israel; for thou <i>art</i> my <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/21b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 44: 1 (1-2); Isa. 45: 4; 1 Ne. 20: 20.">servant</a>: I have formed thee; thou <i>art</i> my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/44/21c" mark="c" type="A" title="3 Ne. 16: 11 (10-12); 3 Ne. 20: 29 (28-31).">forgotten</a> of me.
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I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Transgression.">transgressions</a>, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 49: 13.">Sing</a>, O ye heavens; for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath done <i>it:</i> shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/23b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Singing.">singing</a>, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/44/23c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Israel, Restoration of.">redeemed</a> Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, thy <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Jehovah.">redeemer</a>, and he that <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 21: 5.">formed</a> thee from the womb, I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> that <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/44/24c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Creator.">maketh</a> all <i>things;</i> that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
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That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Cor. 1: 20; D&C 133: 58.">wise</a> <i>men</i> backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
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That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
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That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 50: 38; Jer. 51: 36.">dry</a> up thy rivers:
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That saith of <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/44/28a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Governments.">Cyrus</a>, <i>He is</i> my <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/44/28b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 50: 44.">shepherd</a>, and shall perform all my <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/44/28c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 46: 10.">pleasure</a>: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/44/28d" mark="d" type="A" title="Isa. 45: 13.">built</a>; and to the <sup>e</sup><a href="isa/44/28e" mark="e" type="A" title="2 Chr. 36: 23 (22-23); Ezra 1: 2 (1-3).">temple</a>, Thy foundation shall be laid.
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